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08-17-2011, 09:51 PM
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steel for flint and steel
Anybody have any experience with making steels for flint and steel firemaking tools?
I am trying to keep an eye our for likely steel/iron but I am out of my element a bit. GoodOlBoy
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08-18-2011, 05:30 PM
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I believe it's high carbon, but I'm not sure....I bought a couple of strikers in the past, but never really thought about what type of steel they were made out of...let me do some research and I'll see what I can find out.
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08-18-2011, 10:24 PM
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Thanks 16, I am thinking on making them myself, haven't done any blacksmithing in a VERY long time.
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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08-23-2011, 10:08 AM
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Sorry, GOB, but none of my sources are very specific as to what type of steel it is that they used. About the best reference I could find was from the following:
"A piece of flint, iron pyrite, quartz, or jasper produces sparks when struck with hardened iron steel. An old file, broken off to a length of about 4-5 inches, works well." (from Indian Handcrafts, by C. Keith Wilbur, M.D. I would assume that this is high carbon steel, but just a guess on my part. I'll keep looking......
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